Experience

Spots & Space Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Relationships Manager

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Podravka

• Croatia
• Food and Beverage Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Account Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Feb 2023

  + Managing key accounts and yearly sales of AUD$10-20m across Australia & New Zealand+ In charge of online marketplaces, including Amazon + Leading new projects to increase sales by working closely with internal and head office exec teams+ B2B & B2C relationship management+ Negotiating contract terms and products’ discounts or rebates+ Responsible for merchandising, category positioning, pricing and facings for 300+ SKUs in Australia+ Creating customers' monthly sales and stock on hand reports by state, category and channel+ Finding new customers and channels in six states in Australia and New Zealand+ Using ERP (SAP & MYOB) & EDI software daily Show less

• Procurement, Production and Logistics Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2018

  + Organising confidential documentation required by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources as well as the NSW Food Authority, e.g. import permits in BICON + Managing daily procurement and production of food products for national distribution in supermarket chains: Woolworths, Coles, Costco, Metcash + Handling complex global logistics procedures in the Fast Moving Consumers Goods (FMCG) Industry for hundreds of shipping containers per year+ Monthly and annual reporting of Inventory, Sales and Purchases using MYOB + Constantly working on new projects with Suppliers and senior internal departments: Executive, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Administration and Warehousing+ Maintaining relationships with approx. 100 organisations and companies on a daily basis such as:- Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, NSW Food Authority, Australian Packaging Covenant (APC)- More than 20 different Transport companies, including digital Transport Management using EDI for daily Woolworths, Coles and Costco orders- More than 30 different Customs Brokerage Agents, Food Manufacturers, Suppliers of Raw and Packaging material locally and globally- More than 50 different Food Distributors and other Customers in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA & New Zealand Show less



Croatian Studies Foundation

• Sydney, Australia

• Board Director

  • May 2011 - Feb 2018

  + One of the ten members on the Board of Directors attending Board meetings every six weeks + Managing government grants from Australia and Croatia to keep the Croatian language alive at Macquarie University and multiple Croatian language schools in Australia + Organising an average of 15 community, fundraising and charity events every year + One of the ten members on the Board of Directors attending Board meetings every six weeks + Managing government grants from Australia and Croatia to keep the Croatian language alive at Macquarie University and multiple Croatian language schools in Australia + Organising an average of 15 community, fundraising and charity events every year



I&G MEDIA

• Sydney, Australia

• Voiceover Artist

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2018

  + Translating scripts for government community announcements and radio commercials + Voice-over recording for government community announcements and radio commercials + Editing scripts for voice-over recordings + Translating scripts for government community announcements and radio commercials + Voice-over recording for government community announcements and radio commercials + Editing scripts for voice-over recordings



Multicultural Community Radio Association 2000 FM

• Burwood, NSW

• Radio Editor, Producer & Presenter

  • Nov 2012 - Oct 2014

  + Responsible for preparing and producing all content for the two hour show every week: world news, song selection, interview questions for guests in studio and community announcements + Managing fundraising strategies and dealing with donations/sponsorship in order to cover airtime costs +Translating and producing scripts in three languages + Responsible for preparing and producing all content for the two hour show every week: world news, song selection, interview questions for guests in studio and community announcements + Managing fundraising strategies and dealing with donations/sponsorship in order to cover airtime costs +Translating and producing scripts in three languages



Freelance

• Sydney, Australia

• Translator & Content Writer/Producer

  • 2005 - Oct 2014

  + Creating all content for new websites or more persuasive content for existing ones + Translating and localising new content into desired languages (Croatian, Slovenian, Italian, English & German) + Localising non-textual content appropriate for each country + Editing for search engine optimisation (SEO) Examples: 1. http://croatia.hr/en-GB/Homepage 2. http://spert.hr/en/ 3. http://croatianstudiesfoundation.com.au 4. http://zarcommunity.com 5. http://vegeta.com.au + Creating all content for new websites or more persuasive content for existing ones + Translating and localising new content into desired languages (Croatian, Slovenian, Italian, English & German) + Localising non-textual content appropriate for each country + Editing for search engine optimisation (SEO) Examples: 1. http://croatia.hr/en-GB/Homepage 2. http://spert.hr/en/ 3. http://croatianstudiesfoundation.com.au 4. http://zarcommunity.com 5. http://vegeta.com.au



Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)

• Moore Park NSW

• Script Supervisor of 'The Divine Light'

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  + Translated entire script into Croatian, including lyrics in operetta and arias while using music composition software Sibelius + Taught Croatian pronunciation to the Director, Musicians and Actors, + Supervised Actors’ performance (dialogue and singing). + Translated entire script into Croatian, including lyrics in operetta and arias while using music composition software Sibelius + Taught Croatian pronunciation to the Director, Musicians and Actors, + Supervised Actors’ performance (dialogue and singing).



Broch Pty Ltd

• Sydney, Australia

• State Sales Manager

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2013

  + Entirely responsible for sales/promotion/distribution/sponsorship deals of new product on the market: Cedevita GO! vitamin drinks + Developed and organised creative marketing strategies for brand recognition in New South Wales and in other states (Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, Queensland) by sponsoring organisations (for example, the Football Gold Coast) and major sport events such as The Gold Coast Airport Marathon. + Personally negotiated long term business deals with new customers and business partners, e.g. Ezymart and JB Metropolitan Distributors Show less



Spert d.o.o. Tourism & Engineering

• Umag, Croatia

• Marketing Communications Manager

  • Apr 2002 - Sep 2010

  + Maintained productive long term relationships with clients and stakeholders from all over the world + Created persuasive website content and translated it from Croatian into English, Italian, Slovenian and German + Effectively used online platforms to advertise Company’s special offers + Enhanced company’s offer and popularity by starting projects in the in the Renewable Energy Engineering sector + Maintained productive long term relationships with clients and stakeholders from all over the world + Created persuasive website content and translated it from Croatian into English, Italian, Slovenian and German + Effectively used online platforms to advertise Company’s special offers + Enhanced company’s offer and popularity by starting projects in the in the Renewable Energy Engineering sector



Public University Umag

• Umag, Croatia

• Lecturer of English course

  • 2006 - 2008

  - Planned and implemented creative lessons for people working in hospitality - Developed teaching and public speaking skills - Gained ability to lead, motivate and improvise - Proved to my students that learning English can be fun - Planned and implemented creative lessons for people working in hospitality - Developed teaching and public speaking skills - Gained ability to lead, motivate and improvise - Proved to my students that learning English can be fun



Infringements Courthouse of Umag

• Umag, Croatia

• Translator and Interpreter for languages: Slovenian, Italian, English, German and Croatian

  • 2003 - 2007

  - Translated legal documents from Croatian into Italian, Slovenian, English, German and vice versa - Interpreted court proceedings from Croatian into Italian, Slovenian, English, German and vice versa - Translated legal documents from Croatian into Italian, Slovenian, English, German and vice versa - Interpreted court proceedings from Croatian into Italian, Slovenian, English, German and vice versa